Amtrak service to NYC expected to resume Friday

Amtrak is planning to operate modified train service to and from New York City on Friday. Star-Ledger file photo

Amtrak is planning to operate modified train service to and from New York City on Friday.

The schedules are to be announced Thursday.

Transit officials said they are continuing to remove water from the train tunnels leading to New York Penn Station in order to make repairs to the tracks, the power systems and the signals that control the movement of trains under the Hudson and East rivers.

Amtrak today began providing modified service between Newark and points south.

There will again be no Acela Express service today for the length of the Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., and Boston, officials said.

NJ Transit rail service remains suspended, although the agency announced tonight that most bus routes will be restored Thursday.

It is questionable whether rail service could be restored in time for Sunday afternoon’s football game between the Giants and the Pittsburgh Steelers at MetLife Stadium.

For air travel, limited flight service is scheduled to return to LaGuardia Airport at 7 a.m. Thursday, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced tonight.

Limited flight service also has returned to Newark Liberty International Airport, and rail service on AirTrain Newark is fully operational within the airport and to the Northeast Corridor Rail Station, officials said.